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A linguistic anthropological analysis of interaction in Ishigaki : A quest for the intersection between language, gesture, and environment

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21820053
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

TAKEKURO Makiko  Waseda University, 法学学術院, 講師 (80434223)

Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2010
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,665,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,050,000、Indirect Cost: ¥615,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,261,000 (Direct Cost: ¥970,000、Indirect Cost: ¥291,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,404,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,080,000、Indirect Cost: ¥324,000)
Keywords言語人類学 / 相互行為 / 言語 / ジェスチャー
Research Abstract

Based on data from video-recordings collected during field visits to Ishigaki Island (the main island of the Yaeyama Islands, the southernmost of several island groups, making up the prefecture of Okinawa, Japan), this study explores how Japanese speakers of Isigaki-dialect express space in their speech and gesture. The study demonstrates that the description of cardinal directions in Ishigaki speakers' speech is frequently matched by and occurs with a parallel directional precision in their gesture. The geography of Ishigaki and housing structures seem to be related to the demand for directional accuracy in their speech and gesture. On this small island surrounded by the sea, the direction of the sea and the south often serve as crucial reference points for people's lives especially during the typhoon season. There is not only linguistic and gestural support but also geographic and support for directional accuracy among Ishigaki speakers. Furthermore, people in Ishigaki change the spatial frame of reference, according to their interlocutors' background. Thus, their use of spatial frame of reference is intersubjectively constructed.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2010 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2009 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2011 2010 2009

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 言語の間主観性-古くて新しいテーマに取り組むにあたって2011

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子
    • Journal Title

      言語の間主観性-認知・文化の多様な姿を探る(武黒麻紀子編)(早稲田大学出版)

      Pages: 7-17

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 間主観的に使われる空間指示枠とそれが指標するもの-沖縄県石垣島の事例より2011

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子
    • Journal Title

      言語の間主観性-認知・文化の多様な姿を探る(武黒麻紀子編)(早稲田大学出版)

      Pages: 65-85

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 言語の間主観性-古くて新しいテーマに取り組むにあたって2011

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子
    • Journal Title

      言語の主観性

      Pages: 7-17

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 間主観的に使われる空間指示枠とそれが指標するもの-沖縄県石垣島の事例より2011

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子
    • Journal Title

      言語の間主観性

      Pages: 65-85

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Collaborative Use of Honorifics in Japanese Interaction : An Example of a Breaching Experiment2009

    • Author(s)
      Makiko Takekuro
    • Journal Title

      早稲田大学法学部人文論集 48

      Pages: 166-194

    • NAID

      120002188154

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Honorification and linguistic ideologies2010

    • Author(s)
      Makiko Takekuro
    • Organizer
      第28回日本英語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-11-13
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report 2010 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Spatial descriptions and intersubjectivity.2010

    • Author(s)
      Makiko Takekuro
    • Organizer
      第3回日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-04-25
    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Introduction to the workshop.2010

    • Author(s)
      Makiko Takekuro
    • Organizer
      第3回日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-04-25
    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Language, Communication, and Intersubjectivity : Introduction to the Workshop2010

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子
    • Organizer
      第3回日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-04-25
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Spatial descriptions and intersubjectivity2010

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子
    • Organizer
      第3回日本英語学会国際春季フォーラム
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-04-25
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ライフコースの視点から考える言語使用・年齢・ジェンダー2009

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子
    • Organizer
      社会言語科学会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学
    • Year and Date
      2009-09-19
    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 言語の間主観性-認知・文化の多様な姿を探る2011

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子編
    • Publisher
      早稲田大学出版
    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Book] 言語の間主観性2011

    • Author(s)
      武黒麻紀子編
    • Total Pages
      120
    • Publisher
      早稲田大学出版
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2009-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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